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Old 05-02-2020, 08:33 AM   #1
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Default Oil pump suction?
Just disassembled a Mercury flathead and this is what I found when I removed the pan! Do you think the screen got plugged and the oil pump tried to pull it in? This is a engine with super low miles (19K) but appears to have had lots of short trips. No ring travel, water jackets super clean but the inside gummed up bad.
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Old 05-02-2020, 08:38 AM   #2
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Have you determined what the stuff in the pan is?
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A little water in the bottom of the pan froze?
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Yep, the oil pump collapsed it due to the clogging.
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That is just sludge in the bottom of the pan. I just thought it was interesting, I had never seen that before!
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Do you know what kind of oil was used in this engine?
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The swami sez "Non-detergent".
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The swami knows his sludge.
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Have no idea it was in the engine when I got it and I never ran the engine.
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The swami knows his sludge.
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